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Patented July 1, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application filed September 1, 1928. Serial No. 303,587.

This invention relates to television devices projected, television devices 16 and 17, servadapted for use with a telephone system, or mg to transform electric impulses to light, any suitable radio or other transmitting sys and light to electric impulses, and mechanism tem. whereby the motor imparts operative move- The object of this invention is to provide ment to the remaining television devices, 65

elements capable of transforming electrical which include impressing cylinders 18 and 19, impulses, either, radio, wireless, wire, or and projecting cylinders 20 and 21. wire-wireless, into light, whereby actual iin- Devices 16 and 17 are substantially alike in ages or pictures are produced so that they structure, each having a reflector consisting may be seen by the operator at the distant of two hemispherical members 22 and 23, hav- 60 station on a line, to reproduce objects in moing silvered inner walls, and arranged to adtion, and to reproduce pictures and images mit the sockets 24. The socket in device 16, with a natural appearance at the receiving has a. neon lamp 25, and the socket in device station. 17 has a photo-electric cell 95. The reflector Other objects are to provide television apmember 22, has mounted therein a lens holder paratus that will take in a larger field of 26, containing the lens 27. The socket 24 has View, that willmake the PrOjeC ed image apa binding post 28 and a binding screw 29, for pear more solid like and clear, to provide attachment of wire conductors. transmitting and receiving sets in one hous- The impressing cylinders 18 and 19, each ing, and means for cutting out either set ini l d a frame 30, having u orting brack- 7o depende tly of the other. h ets 31, 32 and 33, which are connected to The drawings illustrate a form of the inframe 12, thereby protecting the frame from vention which I have so far found to be the vibration while the rotary parts are moving most practical for accomplishing the objects t high d, I rovid balhb ing mem- 75 of the invention, but the device is susceptible b 34 i frame 30, d in hi h i o t d of modifications, and I reserve the right to the revoluble and tubular impressing cylinmake minor changes and alterations that d 35, ha i a h ll i l b 36 i may fall within the scope of'the appended ial alignment with lens 27. Cylinder has 30 claims. I an integral prism housing 37, in which is In he drawings, F g re 1 i a fr elevflmounted a rhombie prism 38, to refract the tion of the device, a part of the casing being light o that it will pass through aperture 39, broken away to h w h op tive meehain cover 40, of the prism housing. Prism 38 nism. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elei r tained in position'by suitable packing 41, vation of the device, taken on line X f e d, fiber, or other compound, prevent- 85 of Fig. 1, qertain of the parts being omitted. i g b king of th prism during the very Fig. 3 is a plan and sectional view of the dehigh revolution of the impressing cylinder. vice, certain of the parts being omitted. Fig., F oj ting the image or picture, I pro- 4 is a top plan view of a tube socket. Fig. 5 id a roj ting cylinder 20, including a. 40 is a sectional elevation of a neon tube socket. f am 43, supported by integral brackets 44, 90 F g- 6 is a iri g d g m Showing the and 46, connected to frame 12, thereby proethod Of conn ing p thedevice with tecting the parts from vibration. Ball-bearthlee Wire telephone y g 7 is an ing member 47 is mounted in frame 43, and larged de ail and Se ional V Of the P- has revolubly mounted therein the rotatable 45 erative parts. lens holder 48, adapted to carry a suitable 5 Referring to the drawings, the television projecting lens socket. The projection lens device consists of a housing a frame 12 case 42, is eccentrically inserted in member within the housin an electric motor 13, a 48, and contains the projecting lens 49 and switch 14 for the niblor, a ground glass screen diaphragm 50. The image or picture formed 50 15 on which the picture or image received is by the projecting lens 49, is thrown upon the andprojecting cylinders, I provide an electric motor 13, provided with a shaft 51, on which are mounted the spur gear wheels 52 and 53. Spur gear wheel 52 drives pinion 54, on a countershaft 55, and ear wheel 53-drives pinion 56, on a counters iaft 57. Countershaft 55 has mounted thereon a. gear wheel 58', adapted to drive gear pinion 59, integral with impressing cylinder rotatable member 35, andcountcrshaft 57 has mounted thereon agear wheel 60. adapted to drive gear pinion 61, integralwith impressing cylinder rotata ble member 62. The projecting cylinder members have integral worm gears 68 and 64, driven respectively, by worm pinions 65 and 66, respectively on shafts 67 and 68.

' driven respectively, by miter gears 69 and 7 O. The projecting cylinders are rotated by the gear mechanism at a high speed of revolution, and theimpressing cylinders are r0- tated at a much higher speed of revolution. Bin-ding posts 71, are provided for the motor, therebeing an electric conductor wire 72, leading from a binding post 71, to switch 14, a wire 73, leading from switch 14 to the motor, and a wire 74, from the motorto the remaining binding post 71.

For energizing the photo-ce1l, I provide a binding post .75, and a wire leading therefrom to switch 76, a wire 77, from switch 76 to binding screwv 29. The energizing current then passes to the'photo-cell and thence to the binding post 28. This circuit controls the cell '17. The neon lamp 16 is-controlled in an similar manner, for which I provide binding post 78. and a wire leading therefrom to switch 79, awire 80, from switch 79 to a binding screw 81,.the circuit continuing through the neon lamp and thence to binding post 82. ,Each energizing circuit for an elcctriccell, is independentlyl controlled by a switch, allowing the operator to cut out either the receiving or transmitting elements, orboth.

,7 Referring to the diagram as shownin Fig. 6, the television device is shown in connectionwith atelephone system, and includes telephones 83, switch board 84, ground connections 85, for the telephones, and line wires 86 and 87 The television apparatus includes the radio transmitters 88, the amplig 'fiers 89 for the transmitters,the amplifiers 90, "for the receivers, and the television de vices which form the subject of this invention. The motor is energized. by terminals 91, froma source of electric energy. a

In use, the motors of the transmitting and receiving devices are started inmotion. As-

suming an object to be in front of the television device, the transmitting lens will scan the object or picture to be transmitted, and

will project the light therefrom to the adjacent in'ipressing cylinder. The projected light is then passed through the very small aperture and thence through the adjacent cylinder prism, where it is transposed and projected through the conical chamber and into the lens ot'the adjacent photo-electric cell. Through the action of the light on this photo-electric cell, there is generated electrical impulses, which pass to power amplifier 89. and then projected, as shown in the be used for projecting motion pictures on a much larger screen. All supporting elements are of relatively thick metal, to attain precision of operation and efit'ective results.

This device may be used in combination with a telephone exchange system, or with radio, wireless, wire-Wireless, three wire phone system, twowire telephone system, or other suitable electrical transmitting means. In any wire system, the television devices operate, and do not interfere with the working of the telephone system.

lVhat is claimed is: a

1. In a television device, the combination with a frame, of an impressing cylinder operatively mounted therein, means for actuating the impressing cylinder with a high speed of rotary movement. a reflector at one end of the impressing cylinder and arranged to project light fluctuations into the cylinder, means within the reflector for translating electric energy into light and light into electric energy, a projecting and rotatable lens analyzer at the opposite end of the impressing cylinder, means for actuating the rotatable lens analyzer with a relatively slower speed of rotary movement, projecting lens mounted in the rotatable lens analyzer, said projecting lens having inclined and eccentric axis, and a projecting screen mounted in the wall of the housing and in axial alignment with the projecting and rotatable lens analyzer and impressing cylinders.

2. In a television device, the combination with a frame and a housing enclosing the frame, of an impressing cylinder operatively mounted within the frame, a reflector adjacent to and an axial alignment with the imaxial alignment with the impressing cylinder, a lens socket disposed in the rotatable lens analyzer and having its axis inclined relative to the axis of the rotatable lens analyzer, said socket being disposed eccentrically relative to the axis of the rotatable lens analyzer, two projecting lens mounted in the lens socket, a ground glass screen mounted in the housing and in axial alignment with the rotatable lens analyzer and impressing cylinder, and means for actuating the impressing cylinder and rotatable lens analizer with different speeds of revolution, the cylinder having the greater speed of revolution.

3. In a television device, the combination with arotatable projecting lens analyzer, of a lens socket mounted in the rotatable lens analyzer, and having its axis inclined relative to the axis of the lens analyzer, a rotatable impressing cylinder disposed adjacent to and in alignment with the rotatable lens analyzer and having therein a conical chamber concentric with its axis, a prism housing integral with the rotatable impressing cylinder, a rhombic prism mounted in the prism housing, a cover for the housing having an eccentrically disposed and small aperture, said prismvtransposing the light from said small aperture to the said conical chamber, a photoelectric cell container adjacent to the impressing cylinder, a photo electric cell in the photo-electric cell container, lens in the photo-elcctric cell container in alignment with the conical chamber, and means for connecting the photo-electric cell with transmitting means, and means for actuating the impressing cylinder and rotatable lens analyzer with rotary movement.

4. In a television device, the combination with transmitting and receiving apparatus, each of which consists of a rotatable lens analyzer, a lens socket mounted in the rotatable lens analyzer, and having its axis inclined relative to the axis of the lens analyzer, and having its axis eccentrically disposed relative to the axis of the lens analyzer, a rotatable impressing cylinder adjacent to the rotatable lens analyzer, an eccentric aperture in the impressing cylinder, a conical and concentric chamber in the'impressing cylinder, a rhombic prism transposing light from the said aperture to said conical chamber, of an electric motor adjacent to the said receiving and transmitting apparatus, gear transmissions whereby the impressing cylinders are actuated by the motor, and the rotatable lensanalyzers are actuated by the motor, a photo electric cell adjacent to and in alignment with the impressing cylinder of the transmitting apparatus, and a neon lamp adjacent to and in alignment with the receiving apparatus and its impressing cylinder.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature.

FRANK RYUZO TANIMOTO. 

